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Subject:RE: Portfolios and examples From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:19:35 -0700 (PDT)
> I've lost out on two jobs (that I know of) because my portfolio was
> too big.
>
> In both cases, the employer feared that I was so great that I would
> a. Demand more money than they were authorized to offer, and
> b. Go after their job.
I don't concern myself with that problem because I only want the
positions where they want the best they can get. The money we'll
negotiate and as far as me wanting their job, I prefer to think of it
as an opportunity to make my manager look good enough that she'll be
a contender for her manager's job.
>
> Like the resume, the portfolio needs to be customized for each
> application.
I don't agree, but I think this is a point where we'l have to agree
to disagree.
> It is okay to use the shotgun approach, but only if it can
> be done in such a way that each target thinks they are The
> Only One.
My job isn't to make them think they are The Only One. My job is to
make them think I'm The Only One.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
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